Hose reel and similar device



Jan. 2, 1934. J, w ASH 1,942,388

HOSE REEL AND SIMILAR DEVICE Filed March 22, 1930 Patented Jan. 2, 1934UNITED STATES HOSE REEL AND SHWILAR DEVICE James W. Ash, Middletown,Ohio, assignor to The Miami Cabinet Company, a corporation of OhioApplication March 22, 1930. Serial No. 438,180

1 Claim.

My invention relates to a portable hose reel. The object of theinvention is to provide an enclosed reel upon which the hose may beeasily wound and carried from place to place while 5 providing drainagemeans to permit the water in the hose to drain and also to provide forease of removal of the hose from the reel. My invention also provides anenclosure to contain and cover the hose, which enclosure may be providedwith a lock or other suitable means to prevent removal of the hose.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a cross sectional view of my invention.

Figure 2 is a top view of my invention with a 5 portion of the coverbroken away.

In the drawing, A is the stand which consists of two pieces or metalbent to form the legs of the stand, the pieces of metal having anextruded hole B in the center which is surrounded by the flange C.Supported in this hole and spot welded to the stand A is a steel tube Dwhich is approximately the length of the drum E on which the hose is tobe wound. Mounted on the steel tube D so as to freely rotate is a baseplate F having a flange G and a flange H concentric with the tube D.Between the flanges G and H the plate F forms the bottom of a channelhereafter described. The drum E consists of the center portion of theplate F between the flanges G-G,

the cylinder J which is spot welded to the flange G of the base plate Fand a cover I which is provided with a downward flange adapted to engagecylinder J of the drum E and held in engagement herewith by suitablebolts K. The

5 cylinder J has an extruded orifice L which is screw threaded to engagewith the screw bolt K. As many of these screw bolts K may be used as arerequired. On the lower side of the top I of the drum E is a suitablebearing plate M, such 4 as a steel casting or other suitable hardenedbearing, which is held attached to the top I of the drum by bolts N-N.This steel casting has an inverted cone 0 which projects into the steeltube D and in conjunction with the cotter pin P retains the drum and theouter casing forming the enclosure for the reel in place so that it willfreely rotate on the vertical steel tube D. Concentric with the drum Eis an outer shell Q formed of a cylinder of metal provided with beadingB. At the lower edge this case R is spot welded to the flange H of thebottom plate F and at the upper edge is reenforced by a wire S aroundwhich is bent a portion of the metal Q so as to enclose the wire Sthereby strengthening the casing Q. A top T having a downwardlyextending flange adapted to fit over the casing Q is provided and tothis is attached by spot welding a handle U. V are angle irons spotwelded to the side of the casing R to which is attached a handle Wwhereby the hose reel may be carried from place to place. The bottomplate F is provided with a series of openings X-X to permit water todrain out of the container. Between these openings the bottom isembossed as at Y so as to form not only means for stiffening the bottombut also to form elevated portions whereby any water in the bottom ofthe container will flow to the openings X and pass out.

In the drawing I have shown in dotted lines the hose in the containerchannel, between the drum and the enclosure, from which it will be seenthat any water in the upper part of the hose will flow by gravity downand out the lower end of the hose into the compartment formed betweenthe drum E and the casing Q, from which point it will pass out throughthe openings X. In use, one end of the hose is placed in the channelbetween the drum E and the casing Q and, as the hose is fed into thehose reel, the drum and casing rotate until the entire channel betweenthe drum E and the casing Q has been filled. The height of this channel,as well as the size of the portable hose reel, will depend upon thelength of hose it is to contain. This in turn will regulate to someextent the diameter of the portable hose reel, for, if a long hose is tobe used, then a drum of larger diameter and of greater vertical heightwould be required than when a short hose is used, as will be readilyseen from the drawing. After the hose has been placed in the channelbetween the drum and the casing the cover or top T may be placed on theportable hose reel and the device transported by the handle W to anydesired place.

Iclaim:

In a hose reel, a support, a vertical hollow spindle mounted on saidsupport, a drum carried on said support, an opening in the bottom ofsaid drum through which the spindle passes, a removable top on theopposite end of said drum, a pin secured to the underside of said topand extending into the top of said spindle whereby said drum may befreely rotated on said spindle, a casing spaced apart from said drumforming a receptacle for a hose, a bottom for said receptacle portionattached to said casing and to the bottom of the drum, a movable handleattached to said casing, the top of said casing extending above the topof the drum and a cover adapted to engage the top of said casing toenclose the drum and the hose receptacle portion.

JAMES W. ASH.

